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The Facebook chief has an army of subcontractors making editorial judgments about millions of pieces of content — like a media company. But the rules they operate by are complex and contradictory.

For the second time in 16 years, a candidate won the presidential election without winning the direct vote of the people. Critics this year say it's time to change the country's voting system.

More people struggle with alcohol or drugs than have cancer, and 1 in 5 Americans binge drink. It all costs the nation $420 billion a year. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says we know how to help.

WEAA's Julius White has the local news: three design firms will be competing to lead Amtrak's makeover of Baltimore's Penn Station; the winner will be…

Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt says the new album, 50 Song Memoir, is largely autobiographical. He began recording on his 50th birthday, with a single song about every year of his life.

Marc Steiner covers Baltimore Rising, an exciting new exhibition that brings together a broad survey of works by 15 artists with significant ties to…

The online craze has gone global. Watch videos from students in Indonesia, radio deejays in Morocco and temple visitors in Nepal.

Warming and longer summers in Greenland have raised hopes for expansion of agriculture on the island. But the summers have been drier, causing a decline in the number of sheep farms on the island.

The toxin comes from tiny frogs in Colombia — the ones that pack a punch on the tip of poison darts. In the past, research on toxins like this has led to some pretty amazing drug discoveries.

NPR examined what the president-elect has said about the 10 issues voters care most about.